Luggage carrier



Jul 29. 1924.

.J. AMEY ET AL LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed Oct. 5. 1921 (14 won bdzo all/U2 24711 I redezd/c 6g and .Bec/rer Patented July 29, 1924.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN AMEY, 0F LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW'YO'RK, AND FREDERICK w. BECKER, or

- RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY.

LUGGAGE CARRIER.

Application filed October 5, 1921. Serial No. 505,629.

certain new and useful Improvements in' Luggage Carriers, set forth in the following specification. I p

This invention relates to luggage carriers adapted to be secured to the running board of an automobileand preferably readily removable therefrom and adapted to be stowed away compactly in the tool box.

The object of the invention is to provide such an article as will provide maximum efficiency for minimum size and cost.- It is particularly desired to provide adaptability for strapping pieces of luggage of various sizes in the most efiicient manner without providing mechanically adjustable parts.

A further object is the provision of means positively preventing chafing of the luggage against the side of the automobile.

Further objects are detailed improvements of an article of this character, all of which will better be understood by reference to the illustrative embodiment of the invention to which the claims are directed merely for purposes of illustration and which "is described in the following specification with reference to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof. In the drawings F 1 is a diagrammatic, perspective view of the article in position for use;

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic, vertical section through the running board with a piece of luggage in position;

Fig. 3 is a similar view showmg adaptability of the article to a diflerently shaped piece of luggage; and

' Fig. 4 is a similar view showing a still further use.

A luggage carrier A may be used as a single unit for securing a piece of luggage but is preferably employed in pairs. comprises a base member B; a strut C hinged to the base member B by the elbow hinge l, which prevents backward movement from the vertical position of Figs. 1, 2 and 3 but permits free movement in the position of Fig. 4; and a seciiring jaw D adapted to! underlie the running board, truss-connected to the base member B by the bridgepiece E.

The base member B, together with the members D and E, may preferably be cast integrally of malleable iron or stamped out of suitable sheet metal. The base member B is preferably of inverted channel shape having flanges 2 and 3 adapted to rest upon the top surface of the running board and provide a passage or channel 4 for the passage of a luggage strap 5. A series of slots 6 are provided through the top ledge of the base member B to extend transverselyand are spaced longitudinally and located towards the outer end of the base member B so as to provide suitableexits for the strap 5, which may be adjustably positioned, as indicatedin Fig. 3, to accord most exactlywith the thickness of the piece of luggage L to be secured. The strut C preferably has a heel piece 6 provided with a strap eye 7' through which the strap 5 may be riven directly as it emergesrearwardly from the channel/L, as indicated in Fig. 3, or independently, as indicated in Fig. 4:.

Asshown in Fig. 3, a tall, narrow piece of luggage L is secured in a most efficient manner, although it should be understood that in practice the hinge occupiesno more space than is provided by the irregular corner-edge of apiece of luggage, so that the luggage rests fiat against the strut C. A strap'eye 8 at the free end of the strut 0 serves as a guide and stay for the strap in this instance.

To secure a piece of luggage of maximum width such as L, it is more convenient to use the strap eye 9 provided at the outer end of base member B, all as indicated in Fig. 2. it is most convenient to secure it as indicated in Fig. 4, in which the strap 5 loops through'the eye 7 of the heel piece and through both the eye 9 and the eye 8, which rests against the eye 9 in this use.

In the embodiment illustrated a pair of spaced thumb screws 10 are employed to clamp th carrier to the running board.

\Vhat we claim and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is 1. A luggage carrier comprising a base member adapted to be secured transversely to thetop of a running board; astrap eye provided towards the outer end of said base member; a back strut for the inner end of For a small piece of luggage L,

fclaim 1 and further characterized' by the said baseanember providedwith a strap eye at its free end;- and-an elbow hinge hingmg said strut member to said base member at approximately theinner end of said base member, permltting said strut to fold down upon said base member but preventing its 7 swinging back substantially beyond a rightangular position relatively to said base menr ber, all whereby a piece ofluggage maybe securedthrough themedium of a strap entactthata strap eye is provided at the heel of saidstrut to cooperate with a* strap to hold small packages when saidstrut is folded down upon said base :memberli 3; A luggage Ctil'llGl' COlllPllSlIlg a base member adapted to be secured transversely to the top or a runningboard and having a substantially inverted channel shape providing a strap passage betweenitstop portion andthe running board, said base member be:

ing provided with transverseslots longituclinally spaced towards the'souter end provid ing strap eyes for adjusting a securing strap to conformto the size of a piece of luggage; and a vertically positionable strut hinged to said base membertowards the rear endtheie of and provided with strap securing means said 'strut being so hinged that-- it '1 cannot swing back beyond a right angular position relatively to said base member.

4. A luggage carrier comprising an inverted channel-shaped base member having a seriesiof transverse slots towards its outer end whereby a strap passage is provided longitudinally within said base member and out any one of said slots; means for detachably securing said base member to the running board of anautomobile; a strap eye at the outer end of said base memberya strut; an elbow hingesecuring said strut to therearend of said basemember, permitting it and constraining it to movement between a'vertical positionrelatively to said base member and the position lying fiat against said base member; and a-st-rap. e e; at each end of said strut, allwvhereby' a securing strap may be riven through the-eyes and slots of the luggage carrier in any one of numerous selective arrangements for adaptation to various sizes of luggage, and whereby chafing engagement with the body of the automobile is positively preventedby the said elbow hinged strut.

In witness whereof we have signed-our August, 1921;

7 names to this specificatiom'this 18th day-oi 

